Shift #44 - Writing Session
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | 6:45-8:45 pm CST/7:45-9:45 pm EST (2 hrs)
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Michelle Hurt, student/intern
Jennifer Gonzalez, practicum supervisor
This is a screenshot of one of my sources. At the Library of Congress, we do AP style writing, linking directly to our sources.
Tonight, I spent a couple of hours focused both on continuing writing my draft and editing what I had. I found that I would go back and forth, refining some sentences as I kept my small group cohort's feedback in mind. What I found time-consuming was going through the number of sources I had. As I kept researching, my source list grew but I knew I had to ensure they were reputable (i.e. as much as Wikipedia can be useful, I cannot use it as a direct source). One of the tips I was given was to look at previously-written blog posts and look at the sources linked inside. I could also look at Wikipedia on a certain topic and see what sources those editors used. It was a fine balance using my Library of Congress sources (and other .gov websites) and outside primary sources.
I think I've mentioned previously but I am one of those writers that really needs to have a good introduction before I feel comfortable diving into the meat of my article. Tonight, asides from looking through my sources, I also spent more time revising my introduction to make it more interesting to the reader and guiding them to what was to come. How could I really connect with my reader through my words? I want the intro to pack a punch, so to speak. After some time, I felt like the intro was a bit better than what I had before so I focused on writing the first profile, which was on Captain John Massey, from the book "A select and impartial account of the lives, behaviour, and dying words, of the most remarkable convicts". I mean, with a title like that, I have a lot to live up to!
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